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Wow! I wish I had a jeweler friend like that. Just out of curiosity I would think living in Pennsylvania you went to at beach in New York? Maybe Mass? I always like finding some fishing sinkers. It shows me the energy has been good for moving things around. Great find. Mitchel

That is some DEEP detecting. My 5000 on the beach never produced that many silver coins the years I used it. What coil are you using? I have a platty on mine now and did one hunt with it this year. Our beaches where we get the most finds are 'wash in' beaches when they are good. The good stuff (never good coins it seems) washes onto moving sand from where it has laid waiting for the energy to push it up. The churning surf areas make it very difficult to water detect the staging areas.

Randy, Any nugget over a gram makes me feel like a king these days. haha I've found a few nice nuggets west of Yuma on the SPMA claims a few years back. Fred Mason gave me a pointy finger one time. He said look under the power lines and I found gold! I told Fred he gave good directions and then he told me I had gone to a different set of power lines than his directions. He went to my power lines a couple of times and got gold in the parking area ... Gold is where it hasn't already been found. Mitchel

Let me relate this 'story' about the Rye Patch area. Many years ago I got a call from a prospector and he said that he found over a half ounce nugget. He wondered if I was coming up to detect with him and he would show me where he had found it. I said sure. This was about 8 years ago I think. When I got up there a couple of days later to his camp he told me he had checked the location where he found it and it was on mining company land. He called the mining company and told them he had found gold on one of their claims and if they wanted the gold he would give it to them. He had gone on the claim by mistake. He got a call back from the mining company manager and they told him it was ok for him to keep the gold. They were not 'concerned' about his nugget but he needed to make sure he didn't dig or mine or use equipment on their claims. They said if he wanted to he could take a picture and send it to them. It was not a commercial quantity to them it seems. We went to that location and didn't find any more gold but we did find other dig holes of those who had been there before us.

I hunt on land where permission has been granted. As I've said, I don't hunt on land that has a listed claim. I've paid claim owners that want to charge and I've been a member of clubs which have access to claims all over the area. I go to areas way outside of that little map listed there.

Steve, Many claims in that thread were sold at a great profit. Miners mining miners. The original claimers did not keep them. It was a 'flip.' The new claim holders have paid a fee in some cases. Anyone looking at that thread needs to look at a new My Land Matters map and see who is current with their fees and out of respect to them detect some place else.

It is hard to explain. Sometimes hunts just produce better results from the same amount of effort. Your situation is acute because you depend upon the normal finds to average out. They will. Its times like these that you have to go back and look at some of those really nice finds of early in the summer.

Tell Paul you are there and be bored together!

Klunker's cat video!

When I watched the few videos I didn't know it was a 'Go Find' ... something on there about changing the coil from the original. It didn't add up to me. I haven't watched any others since I posted it.

That's some real weight on those rings! Collateral finds makes it a jewelry patch beach. That doesn't always happen.

After many years of hunting at Rye Patch I have come to the conclusion that you can detect BLM managed land (not necessarily BLM owned) without consequence anywhere in the Rye Patch area as long as it is not listed as an active claim. Someone has to pay an annual fee in order to keep the claim active which means they want the mineral rights for themselves and not let me detect it. You have to go to a reference source that will tell you active claims and then stay off of those unless you get permission which may include paying a fee to the claim owner. I seek unclaimed land to detect. No one has stopped me. All BLM land is open for surface use claimed or not.

White's brand has value and obligations as far a warranties are concerned. I'm glad a competitor recognized its value. Let's see how Garrett uses it for more than just repair of existing models.

Great haul. I bet it was hot if it was any time in the last month. Now tell us Rob, were the signals faint? I mean did you have trouble telling them from hot rocks? Had you been in this gully before with your 7000? Did you have assistance with a backhoe? haha Private or public land? Mitchel

Many of us picked up on Dave's health in another thread and we wish you the best and we all want to see some of your finds just as soon as you are able.

I would still recommend you let the 7000 set up the new coil but keep your settings.

I mean when he changes coils which he probably never does in the field, right?

Ask JW what he does. hehe

When you turn it back on you say keep the settings and let it go through the EMI and GB?

When you change coils do you keep settings or go through a new setup?

You have to have a lower shaft for each coil, right?

Chet, I had no 'evidence' that I had run over the coil but somehow just one tire on the turn missed it and the detector. It broke the lower shaft and did not affect the upper carbon fiber shaft of the detector or scratch it. My friend had already picked it up before I could see it on the ground and see my tire tracks. I had come back and propped it and my long pick up against the back 'blind' corner of the car (or laid it down on the ground near the back corner). That part of the accident I don't recall clearly. The way I remember moving from my parking spot included a backup and then a wide turn. I was on relatively soft dirt south and east of the Lake Havasu Gold Seekers camp. Even with that description the 'pressure' on the connecting shaft had to be great even without running over the coil fully under the tire. I do remember (still remember) a crunch (could have been a rock I thought). Now perhaps I think it was just one back tire that caused the breakage. I stopped backing up and pulled forward when I heard the crunch. I had to backup to avoid a bush in front of me. I didn't look in the back to see if the detector and pick were inside with me. I didn't realize that until my friend picked it up. I had glue with me that I could have fixed it but a couple of the pieces were lost from around the clamp. Luckily for the design of the 7000 the lower shaft has the weakest (brittle) material in the shaft. The Xcoil is stronger than that part. I have proven it. Please, please as a caution to others ... you don't need to try this test. I've already done it. 🤣 Mitchel

So, you are saying that 24.5 inches exceeds the coil's sensitivity? Even a 2 lb nugget? haha Well, I know what you mean. The best measure would be to just take a connector and wave it over the coil. But also for 'reference' the connecting cables to coils are invisible. They must become part of the field.

I'm awl in on that coin. Have you had it appraised? This type of personalization may make it more valuable. That is what I'd tell them at an auction. It is not wear. It is one of a kind.

Simon and Chet, When I got my adapter made I chose the original method just preferring to have a joint farther 'away' to prevent any possible interference. As I was watching Simon's presentation I was remembering what Chet said. The coil didn't act like there was interference from that joint but I kinda wondered why. I know there is none because I've seen Chet use his. Simon has eliminated the wobble and taken that out of the equation. So why would the coil 'ignore' the joint in favor of a nugget which could be deeper? The joint is MOVING WITH THE COIL! The coil tunes itself with the wires that attach it just like every other detector with the exception of the XP. The nuggets/targets are not moving. When I had my shop make the adapter he was not much concerned with the adapter part itself but he later became concerned with the curl on the 19" coil. I'm not overly concerned with it because I don't plan on using it but I want it useable. I have another event to add to this. I went on an Arizona prospecting trip a few months back. It was to the Franconia area. On that trip the first day I was there I went to catch up with my friend and we decided to move locations. I got in my 4Runner and made it to the main road a little bit before him. He stopped and waved me over to where I had parked. He picked up my detector! What? I thought it was inside but my long overnight drive had me not thinking. I had run over my 7000 and it broke down on the lower shaft where Simon was taking it apart to change coils. (You'll need some to change quickly.) Luckily it did not affect the detector or the Xcoil I had on it. I had the 19" with me so I changed the lower shaft and it has worked find ever since. The adapter was not damaged in the process. I've since bought a lower shaft from Gerry (under $100) and I'm fine. It could have been so much worse with the tire running over EVERYTHING. I don't need to find any gold this year and I'm still ahead of the game. Mitchel